{"id":3943,"date":"2018-07-02T09:10:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T07:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/honert.de\/does-the-german-temporary-employment-act-arbeitnehmerueberlassungsgesetz-aueg-apply-to-managing-directors\/"},"modified":"2019-09-09T11:42:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T09:42:37","slug":"does-the-german-temporary-employment-act-arbeitnehmerueberlassungsgesetz-aueg-apply-to-managing-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/honert.de\/en\/does-the-german-temporary-employment-act-arbeitnehmerueberlassungsgesetz-aueg-apply-to-managing-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"DOES THE GERMAN TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT ACT [\u201cARBEITNEHMER\u00dcBERLASSUNGSGESETZ\u201d \u2013 A\u00dcG] APPLY TO MANAGING DIRECTORS?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1jdeas-229968380380e0557bc53ffa421f0be3\">\n.avia-section.av-1jdeas-229968380380e0557bc53ffa421f0be3{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/honert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/3629.jpg);\nbackground-position:0% 0%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-1jdeas-229968380380e0557bc53ffa421f0be3 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  hide_on_print avia-full-stretch avia-bg-style-scroll av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-40 av-height-40  container_wrap sidebar_right'  data-section-bg-repeat='stretch' data-av_minimum_height_pc='40' data-av_min_height_opt='40'><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-3943'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-e0ny90-8c56f65d761851b56faba0c923a80e50 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-shadow  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_section  avia-builder-el-last  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-3943'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-caqnmc-747031adffdbc724089109a8c6bb75f9\">\n.flex_column.av-caqnmc-747031adffdbc724089109a8c6bb75f9{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-caqnmc-747031adffdbc724089109a8c6bb75f9 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k0c761k9-b6096ef28e13fb4df0f7f2cd187ae5ae\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-k0c761k9-b6096ef28e13fb4df0f7f2cd187ae5ae{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-k0c761k9-b6096ef28e13fb4df0f7f2cd187ae5ae .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-k0c761k9-b6096ef28e13fb4df0f7f2cd187ae5ae .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-k0c761k9-b6096ef28e13fb4df0f7f2cd187ae5ae av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-3  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_above'>2. July 2018\n<\/div><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >DOES THE GERMAN TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT ACT &#091;<span class='special_amp'>\u201c<\/span>ARBEITNEHMER\u00dcBERLASSUNGSGESETZ<span class='special_amp'>\u201d<\/span> \u2013 A\u00dcG&#093; APPLY TO MANAGING DIRECTORS?<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ai5rms-53261e1bb5c9869621073a1520b58d26\">\n.flex_column.av-ai5rms-53261e1bb5c9869621073a1520b58d26{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-ai5rms-53261e1bb5c9869621073a1520b58d26 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_two_third  el_before_av_two_third  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-k0c76gdx-6c482d924b450b065ad2c61c4541faf0 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>According to the unanimous view in the literature on the A\u00dcG, provisions under the A\u00dcG are not applicable to managing directors. The Higher Social Court of Berlin-Brandenburg recently ruled that managing directors are subject to a statutory pension insurance due to an unauthorized temporary employment in accordance with the A\u00dcG. Therefore, the question arises, whether and to what extent an employment of a managing director can nonetheless be affected by the A\u00dcG.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-9wkdis-4348e08dcec78e3ac1e507d74f4e4978\">\n.flex_column.av-9wkdis-4348e08dcec78e3ac1e507d74f4e4978{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-9wkdis-4348e08dcec78e3ac1e507d74f4e4978 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_two_third  el_before_av_one_third  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-k0c78b1x-b75ad3ffd4413d06cd1693f45b5c0558 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>I. Ruling of the Higher Social Court of Berlin-Brandenburg<\/h2>\n<p>In the case to be decided, a Foundation and a limited liability company [<em>Gesellschaft mit beschr\u00e4nkter Haftung &#8211; GmbH<\/em>] entered into a management agreement under which the Foundation put a managing director at the GmbH\u2019s disposal who was employed in the Foundation\u2019s executive board. As agreed, the managing director was subject to instructions not only vis-\u00e0-vis the shareholders&#8217; meeting, but also towards another managing director. He worked on a concretely described area of responsibility within the premises of the GmbH and was thus involved in its work organization. The managing director conducted a status determination procedure against the pension insurance aimed at determining the lack of his insurance obligation. The Higher Social Court of Berlin-Brandenburg rejected his request, because the managing director was employed subject to instructions and was integrated in the work organization and thus, an unauthorized temporary employment within the meaning of the A\u00dcG would have been the case.<\/p>\n<h2>II. Legal situation<\/h2>\n<p>According to section 1 para. 1 sentence 2 A\u00dcG, employees are transferred for work performance if they are integrated into the hirer&#8217;s work organization and are subject to its instructions. However, it is not expressly regulated, whether the persons concerned must be regarded as employees only in relation to the lending company or only in relation to the hiring company or to both parties. Jurisprudence and legal literature have not yet finally clarified whether the determination of the employee status is to be made exclusively in relation to the lending company or exclusively in relation to the hiring company or in relation to both the hiring and the lending company.<br \/>\nIn the end it should be accurate to include both relations during an examination. Therefore, if a person is to be regarded as self-employed in relation to the potential lending company or in relation to the potential hiring company, i.e. the person is not subject to instructions or is not integrated in the work organization, there is no temporary employment within the meaning of the A\u00dcG. On the other hand, if the person is in both relations to be regarded as dependently employed, a temporary employment can be assumed. This distinction can prove to be difficult in both relations on a case-by-case basis.<br \/>\nIn a decision at the end of 2016 the Federal Labor Court [<em>Bundesarbeitsgericht \u2013 BAG<\/em>] expressly ruled that a managing partner of the lending company who is transferred to another company for dependent employment and who holds at least 50 % of the shares in the lending company, cannot be an employee within the meaning of the A\u00dcG. However, the BAG also emphasized in its decision that in such cases it is necessary to examine whether, as a result of an abuse of rights, something different should apply if a one-man limited liability company (\u201c<em>Ein-Mann-GmbH<\/em>\u201d) is operated with the exclusive aim of handing over its sole shareholder and managing director to other companies.<\/p>\n<h2>III. Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>Against this background, it can be stated that the decision of the Higher Social Court of Berlin-Brandenburg is not sufficient in the justification. Although the Higher Social Court ruled that the claimant there was employed in the company, it did not conclude in any way whether such dependence also existed in relation to the \u201ctransferring\u201d Foundation. However, this relationship would also be important in the case of temporary employment.<br \/>\nFor the employment of a managing director of the lending company as an employee or managing director at another company, it is recommended for both sides to carefully check the position in the lending company as well as the position in the operating company in advance. 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The Higher Social Court of Berlin-Brandenburg recently ruled that managing directors are subject to a statutory pension insurance due to an unauthorized temporary employment in accordance with the A\u00dcG. 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